God Centered Life

“Love is easy!” Is it? “I don’t feel love anymore so clearly I’m not loved.” But how much should we trust feelings when it comes to assessing love? What happens at the intersection of love and truth? Real love is the focus of our pursuit in today's study. John 17:24-26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

T-shirts are great at forming tribes. Your sports team, your love of cats, your favorite band, your passion for surfing. Catch a glimpse of someone with that t-shirt, and you recognize a kindred spirit. What if all Christians wore t-shirts identifying themselves? Would we all get along? Jesus specifically prayed that we would. Let’s find out why. John 17:20-23 Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

The higher the winds, the more ropes you need to tie down your tent. Could we say that the societal winds currently battering the church are as strong today as at any period in the past? So, what are the “ropes” that keep the church anchored? We’ll look for firm foundations in a turbulent world in today's study. John 17:17-19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is holiness maxed out when we climb to the top of a mountain, isolate ourselves, and spend all week praying? Nothing wrong with prayer, and spiritual retreats can have great benefit. But real life typically requires us to live in the middle of everyone and everything. How do we make the most of this spiritually? We’ll look at that question today. John 17:14-16 Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase “In the world but not of it” and thought this is simply an admonishment to stay out of bars and not do stuff that Christians aren’t supposed to do. But what does Jesus mean when he refers to the world? Is it possible that even “good Christians” don’t quite have this figured out? We’ll look at that question in this study. John 17:14-16 Learn more about your ad choice...

Perhaps you’ve experienced it—you’re blissfully carrying on with a set of beliefs that you’ve grown up with. Then suddenly, you’re faced with a direct challenge to those beliefs, a test, if you will. And as a result, you now have to deconstruct those beliefs to see if you really do… believe them. We’ll explore the value of tests in this study. Judges 2:6 - 3:6 Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Are we getting ahead of ourselves? The study is called “Secure Joy.” But what about just simple joy? How about an occasional dose of joy? Maybe any kind of joy seems a long shot right now. Our study today looks squarely at what’s promised in the Bible, and how to experience more of it. John 17:12-13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is this even a doable goal? We’re told that we believers should be unified. But not just generic, all on the same page kind of unity. We’re told that we should have the same kind of cohesive connection that is shared within the Trinity. Is this even possible? We’ll look at this challenge in our study today. John 17:11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Take your pick!” It’s a great option in the fresh produce section of your favorite grocery store that we shouldn’t take for granted. But has that “choose the best option” mentality crossed over into the church? Have Christians become consumers? We’ll look at this question today. John 17:9-10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a major theme of the societal dialog; “Be who you are.” There are so many ways we try to establish our identity. It might be our occupation, education, clothes, music, socioeconomic class, or even the church we attend. But what does the Bible put forward as the intended core of our identity? We’ll look at that question in this study. John 17: 6-8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

What makes your day? How about recognition, being acknowledged, being rewarded for doing a great job? Our study today looks at something that can be the far more satisfying alternative to our pursuit of honor and glory. John 17:4-5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a time-tested alibi, “Well, that’s how I was raised.” Paraphrase this and it often comes out, “It’s my parents’ fault.” But do we latch onto this on the positive side as well? Can we surf off the faith of the generations coming before us? Or does that faith make it harder for us to personally believe? Challenging questions addressed in this study. Judges 2:6 - 3:6 Learn more about your ad cho...

In the midst of hundreds of minor daily questions, there are those times when we pause and wrestle with the biggies. This study does just that. Josh Moody refers to John 17:3 as “one of the most stunning verses in the whole Bible” and will use it to offer five steps that help us understand what life is really all about. John 17:3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Maybe you’ve felt it. You’re reading about, hearing about, or even meeting a believer who simply comes across as Teflon-coated. Nothing seems to get them too terribly bogged down. “What do they have that I don’t have?” “How do they manage to stay out of the mud?” Our study today may just have the answer as we reveal “The Great Missing Ingredient.” John 17:1-2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

The concept of an idol… small statue on a shelf, right? In days gone by for sure. But what might an idol detector point to in our everyday lives today? And what is the danger of idols? We’ll look at these questions today. 1 John 5:6-21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What’s the biggest challenge you’re likely to face today? Sometimes just making it to lunch feels like running a marathon. But do we often set our sights too low? What does it mean to be “earth shakers” and “overcomers”? Surely, this can’t be referring to everyday us, can it? 1 John 4:7 - 5:5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How would you define love? It's not very common to include the need to forgive someone in a definition of love, but could that be the core of Biblical love? And what does all this have to do with overcoming the world? Lots of questions—we’ll go in pursuit of answers in this study. 1 John 4:7 - 5:5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perspective. Is it possible that your world can look entirely different without any tangible changes, just by reframing how you look at it? We’ll dive into how Israel responded to opportunities based on how they looked at the challenges, and see if there are lessons for us today. Judges 1:1 - 2:5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our hope-filled study today reminds us of the amazing transformation that is made available to us via the death and resurrection of Jesus. But we’ll also be reminded that we believers share in our Lords’ resurrection today and every day in the future. This is enduring life! John 20:24-31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In what situations do love and truth coexist? Are there instances where both simply cannot be active at the same time? These are age-old questions with powerful implications for us today, and we’ll explore those questions in this study. 1 John 3:12 - 4:6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You’ve probably heard, “I’ve said it, that settles it.” Dad telling us for the 12th time that we’re not getting a pet giraffe? Yes. But can we apply this same finality to claiming to be a Christian? How much weight does a simple statement of our faith carry? We’ll look at this question in our study today. 1 John 2:28 - 3:10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If it was true many years ago, can it be false today? In some cases, yes. “Most homes have wired phones in them.” True 50 years ago, false today. But what about with spiritual matters? Can what’s true today spiritually be different than what was true 50 years ago, or are there “foundational truths” we can build on? We’ll look at these questions in this study. 1 John 2:3-27 Learn more about your ad...

There are many occurrences of the “light versus darkness” imagery in Scripture. But what does it mean to say that “God is light?” How does that impact the way I do life? We’ll look at those questions in this study. 1 John 1:5-2:2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a gift! Yes, but it will do you no good whatsoever if you don’t take that gift. Israel was offered a gift, but there were conditions that needed to be met to take full advantage of that gift. In our new study, we’ll look for parallels to our world today. What offers might we be missing out on because we’re not willing to…take those offers? Judges 1:1 - 2:5 Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Trying to decide if you’re going to go to church this Sunday? In our study, we’ll take a look at that decision, and whether or not our understanding of church is lining up with what the Bible has to say about the function of church. 1 John 1:5-2:2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices